Tuesday, 20 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 34 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 47 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Monday. Death of one patient from Covid-19 was reported on the day by the department.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state has now increased to 3,41,486 while a total of 3,27,511 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7357 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.91 and the sample positivity rate is at 5.70 per cent in the state. The authorities collected 20,019 samples in different parts of the state on Monday.
The state health department reported 12 new patients from Nainital, five from Haridwar, three each from Pithoragarh and Rudraprayag, two each from Udham Singh Nagar, Chamoli and Dehradun and one each from Bageshwar, Pauri, Tehri and Uttarkashi districts on Monday. No new case of Covid 19 was reported from Almora district on the day. One patient of the disease was reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani on the day.
The state now has only 604 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 249 patients while Haridwar in the second position with 64 active cases. Pithoragarh has 48, Udham Singh Nagar 43, Champawat 40, Rudraprayag 36, Nainital 33, Chamoli 32, Uttarkashi 20, Tehri 18, Uttarkashi 20, Pauri 10, Almora six and Bageshwar five active cases of the disease.
The state reported three new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) and death of two patients from the disease on Monday. A total of 546 patients of Black Fungus have been reported till date in the state and out of them 117 have died. In the ongoing vaccination drive, the health department vaccinated 45,342 people in 732 sessions held on Monday.
